CPM Holdings Inc. (CPM), supplier of processing equipment and technology to the animal feed, oilseed, bioenergy, food processing, and plastics compounding industries announces the acquisition of Extricom Blach Extruder & Components in Lauffen, Germany. Extricom is a leading supplier of twin screw extruder replacement parts and is the inventor of the innovative RingExtruder, a multi-screw extruder developed to compound high viscosity materials. The acquisition will significantly expand CPM’s portfolio of compounding equipment, replacement parts and services. The CPM Extrusion Group offers sales, service, manufacturing and process technology centers in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Extricom represents a technology and geographic complement with CPM Extrusion Group’s Century Extrusion of Traverse City, Michigan, and Ruiya Extrusion of Nanjing, China. With the acquisition, the CPM Extrusion Group builds on its global platform for compounding equipment and systems, replacement parts, and services. The CPM Extrusion Group with locations in the United States, Germany, and China will provide customers with an extensive compounding product offering including three levels of twin screw extruders and the RingExtruder.

"The CPM Extrusion Group has grown to meet the needs of our global customers and this acquisition will allow us to further complement that service with a major base in Europe,” remarked CPM Extrusion Group President Bob Urtel, “Extricom’s advanced twin screw and multi-screw design and process knowledge will enhance the Group’s applications capabilities and with it, our value proposition to the customer." "This merger of twin screw and RingExtruder technologies offers customers with the widest portfolio of equipment and parts in the world,” says Charlie Spearing, General Manager, Global Twin Screw Operations.